Synonyms of ponderous
- 1 Syllable
- slow, splay, fat, huge, splayer, big, dull
- 2 Syllables
- heftier, bigger, heavy, bulkier, hefty, clunker, fattest, stodgy, slowest, biggest, bulkiest, awkward, cumbrous, fatter, two-ton, buller, slower, graver, hulky, heaviest, goodly, clumsy, gravest, largish, goodliest, weightier, weighty, clumsier, stodgier, heavier, bulky
- 3 Syllables
- laborious, important, lifeless, lumbering, graceless, leadfooted, unwieldy, lead-footed, unhandy, sizable, galumphing, onerous, grim-faced, ill-shaped, ham-handed, substantial, labored, massive
- 4 Syllables
- oppressive, jelly-belly, whalelike, burdensome, troublesome, heavy-footed, cumbersome, large-scale, decent-sized, jellybelly, overtaxing, uninspired
- 5 Syllables
- tortoiselike, elephantine